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Thursday, January 2, 2014

{2014 - The Resolutions}

I spent a fair amount of time on New Years Eve and New Year’s day looking at my past resolutions
posts on the blog, and thinking about what I wanted to accomplish in 2014. And as I looked at the past resolutions I had set
for myself I felt a sense of excitement for all the possibilities that 2014
holds! 2014 is a New Year with
endless possibilities. Do I dare say
that the sky is the limit?

However, this year I thought I would take a different approach
to my annual resolutions! I have always liked the idea of
having a few big New Year’s resolutions.
You know the resolutions that are going to push you out of your
comfort zone and make you a better person.
Because don’t we all want to grow and become the best version of
ourselves? I know I do! With that being said here are my “Big” New Year’s Resolutions!

"The Big Ones":

One - Run another Half Marathon (or two) and a Full
Marathon. I am
thinking! Grandmas Half Marathon, Get In
Gear Half Marathon, and The TC Full Marathon.

Two - Take a photography class. I really want to improve my photo taking
skills and now that I have the equipment I better learn to use it, and use it
well!Three - Volunteer More!
I need to devote more time to giving back to my community. Volunteering makes me
happy, why wouldn’t I want to do more of something that makes me happy?

Four - Join a small group or a bible study at
church! I tackled praying more last
year, time to take my faith to the next level.

Five - Spend 30 minutes a day praying/thinking/reflecting! I think I could use more of this in my life!

Six - Find my unfaltering happiness! Don’t we all want to find happiness? This resolution might make me sound like I am
not a happy person or that I am unhappy with my life both of which are untrue statements. I simply want to learn to be
more happy with the things I have been given and not take my life for
granted. This resolution might take more
than a year but at least I will be thinking about it!

So, now that I have gotten the “Big” ones out of the way
here is how I am switching up my resolutions this year. As I mentioned I love having “big”
resolutions to tackle throughout the
year but I also want to have smaller resolutions that I can implement in my
life as a daily “Gut Check” I guess you could say. I got this idea after attending a networking
event at work on the topic of happiness stemming from the book The Happiness Project By­­ Gretchen Rubin. During this women’s networking event one of
the guest speakers talked about how she disliked new year’s resolutions and how
instead she had daily resolutions or guiding principles in her life. At the end of each day this women would check
in and see if she met all of her daily resolutions/guiding principles that day. See, a mini gut check. This women’s guiding principles for her life
were based on her beliefs, what was important to her and how she wanted to be perceived
as a person, and as I left this networking event I began to think of what would
be my guiding life principles, my daily resolutions, my daily gut check. So, here they are I am going to call them my
2014 Daily Gut Check!

"Daily Gut Check" –

Am I living each day the way I feel I
should? Today was I...Grateful/Thankful/Faithful

Understanding

Present in the here and now (not half listening)

Genuine

Thoughtful

Giving my All

Those 6 points tie back into my beliefs and who I am as a
person. In 2014 I strive to live by
those guiding principles and am ready to implement my 2014 Daily Gut
Check. The daily gut check ties in
nicely to one of the 2014 “Big” Ones, spending 30 minutes a day thinking/praying/reflecting!

And finally… I know bear with me, I told you my resolutions
were taking a new form this year!
Finally, I want to tackle a few smaller things in my life. Things like drinking more water, eating clean
once a week, improving my mile time.
These smaller goals/tasks I frequently find scribbled down in my
notebook among my upcoming weeks to do list.
The lists is usually titled “weekly goals” followed by a date. Well my friends, this year those “weekly
goals” are going to be called my “Weekly Feel Goods” my gut check for
health! Here they are:

“Weekly Feel Good”

Drink 64 oz. of Water DailyEat clean one day a weekAppreciate my bodyNo put downsTreat myself with respect

Well there you have it folks, my 2014 resolutions. From the big to the small they are all
important. Here is to pushing the
limits, and making 2014 the best it can
be!